The word genre can most always be found in any entertainment industry today and helps people like you and I identify immediately the themes of what we are watching, playing and or reading. Genres spread across books such as: fiction, non-fiction, thriller, horror, etc. Within the movie and television industry you can find mostly the same genres appearing there too i.e. horror, fantasy, Sci-Fi, action, etc. Finally video games have genres unique to them, some of which are: puzzle, first person shooter (FPS), platforming, real-time strategy (RTS), adventure, etc. By identifying a game's genre the player will get a rough idea of what themes will be in the game, how it could play out (structure), etc. In fact, a particular genre a game has can be the deciding factor what the target audience will be like, this is mainly down to people's personal tastes. For example I like games that are horror orientated, however you might like games that consist of platforming elements and don't like horror stuff. From this we can see I am more likely to buy the horror game than one who isn't into horror therefore the genre a game has plays an important role. Until next time and thanks for reading :)
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